Episode Twelve: All Hell Breaks Loose

"I don't know what we can do here." Piper said.

"What do you mean?" Phoebe asked.

"We barely know anything about Shax. All we know is that Prue is going to die today.

Today is May 17th, 2001. She's supposed to be dead today. That's all that we know. We don't

know how it's going to happen exactly or what we're even up against. And Prue doesn't know

anything. She's been so busy lately. I've barely seen her in the last few weeks."

Phoebe comforted her sister by offering her a hug.

"Look, we just have to keep Leo close by, and we need to stay in the Manor. This is

where we are strongest. Leo was given his powers back, so as long as Leo is here to heal and

the power of three will be here to protect us. Everything is going to be fine. We can get through

together, ok?"

Piper nodded but couldn't push past her tears.

"We can't fight death, Phoebe. I'll do everything I can to save Prue but we can't stop

death. Besides, what will it mean for Paige if we do save Prue? I mean, isn't that some sort

of paradox or something?"

"Paige is fine. We don't need to worry about her. Let's just focus on Prue. She'll be back

home anytime now, we just need to be by her side all day."

"Should we just tell her? I mean, now that the Elders are all gone?" Piper asked.

"I just can't bare to see how scared she would get knowing the truth. Could you?"

Piper shook her head.

"I'm sure Prue will think that it's weird but who cares? We can explain everything

after it's all over. We have the spell to vanquish him, right?" Piper asked.

Phoebe nodded. She took the page out of her pocket and showed Piper.

"It's an easy spell, it'll only take a matter of seconds. We will be just fine." Phoebe said.

Suddenly, the doors of the manor opened to reveal Prue and a man dressed in a white

Labcoat.

"Piper, Phoebe. This is Dr. Griffiths. Leo told me that he needed saving. A demon is

coming after him, I don't know who or what he'll be."

Piper and Phoebe both looked at each other with concern. This was it.

"Okay, don't worry. We found a spell from the book of shadows that can help. It's no

problem." Piper said.

"How would you know? You know what, never mind."

Prue suddenly shivered.

"I feel a chill."

In a gust of wind, Shax appeared in the living room. He shot a powerful gust of wind

at Phoebe, which knocked her against the wall and made her unconscious.

"Phoebe!" Piper yelled.

Piper ran towards her. Shax turned to face Prue. Shax aimed an energy ball at the doctor

but it missed. Piper then turned back to face Prue.

"PRUE, DON'T!" Piper screamed.

Shax shot another energy ball at the doctor but Prue got in the way.

"No!" Prue screamed.

The ball hit Prue and slammed her through the Manor's wall until she was unconscious

and bleeding outside.

The doctor was in shock but had no time to react as Shax killed him with an energy ball.

Piper took out Phoebe's page from her book and chanted the vanquishing spell. It worked

Instantly but Shax wasn't vanquished. He simply disappeared. Piper knew he would be back

again, only one witch stating it wasn't powerful enough.

"LEO! LEO!" Piper screamed out.

Leo responded quickly.

"PRUE! HEAL PRUE!"

Leo ran over towards Prue and held out his hands over her. The heal was a success.

Prue took in a deep breath and was okay. Leo then ran over to the doctor and healed him

as well. Last, Leo held his hands over Phoebe's head which removed the bleeding. There

were no casualties. Everyone was okay.

"What? What happened?" Phoebe asked.

"You're okay. Everyone's okay. Shax is gone, but he'll be back. I read the spell but we

need all three of us and you were out cold and Prue was –"

Piper stopped speaking. She couldn't say the word dead. Prue stood up and walked

over towards her two sisters.

"Hey, don't worry. I'm fine. Thank you, Leo."

"I don't know what game you're playing but I'm a doctor, I help people. I don't need

to be helped. I need to get far away from you all." Dr. Griffiths said.

"Dr. Griffiths, please. You are still in danger. That thing is still out on the loose." Prue

said.

"Just stay away from me!"

Dr. Griffiths ran out of the Manor before any of the sisters could stop him.

"Piper, come with me. Phoebe, find out anything you can about this demon." Prue said.

Prue and Piper both ran out of the Manor but were too late to stop Dr. Griffiths.

Unfortunately, Shax returned once again. He shot an energy ball at Prue but she deflected it

away with her own magic. Piper froze Shax but knew it wouldn't hold forever.

"Phoebe! Get out here!" Piper yelled.

No response.

"Phoebe! Phoebe!" Piper yelled out again.

"We just have to read this spell quickly before he unfreezes." Prue replied.

Prue and Piper read the vanquishing spell once again and Shax disappeared.

"Let's get back inside." Piper said.

Prue followed Piper back into the Manor.

"What do we do?" The Camerman asked.

"We send the footage. This is the best story we've found yet!" The reporter replied.

Piper and Prue walked into the Manor to find Leo and Phoebe gone.

"This can't be good. Where are they?" Prue asked.

"I don't know. I'm scared. Something must've happened." Piper replied.

"Look, don't be scared. Maybe Leo took Phoebe someplace or there's been an

emergency. We have the vanquishing spell. We'll just keep saying it until we find Phoebe again.

Maybe we should leave the Manor. If we're out in public, that demon may not attack us."

"No! We can't leave the Manor, it's where we are most powerful." Piper said.

Prue walked into the kitchen and turned on the television. Suddenly, she heard a noise.

People were pounding on the doors of the kitchen. Prue noticed the people and backed away

from the door. When the Tv turned on, a newswoman was standing outside of the Manor.

"We have rare footage of two women performing what looked like magic, right here in

San Francisco. We don't know who they are or how they did it, but it looks like magic may exist

after all. People from all over town are outside their home, hoping to speak to them."

"Piper?" Prue called out.

"P-p-prue." Piper gasped.

Prue ran out to the living room. Piper had been shot. She was barely able to stand up.

"Prue, I'm dying." Piper told her.

Prue noticed that one of the windows was open and saw a woman holding a shot gun.

Prue waved her hands and shut the doors and sent the woman flying away from the Manor.

Prue did everything she could to tend to Piper's wounds but nothing was working.

"LEO! PLEASE! PLEASE COME BACK!" Prue screamed.

Piper held Prue's face and started speaking to her.

"Prue, I thought that you were going to die today. I'm so sorry, Phoebe and I've been

lying to you. We went to the future but forgot about it. We learned that you were going to die

today. We tried everything we could to save you but we didn't want to scare you by telling you

the truth. Listen to me, find a woman named Paige Matthews. As soon as you find Phoebe

again, you can kill that demon with the spell. The power of three will come back."

Piper's eyes closed and she said nothing else.

"PIPER? PIPER!" Prue screamed.

No response. Prue carried her sister's lifeless body out of the Manor and blasted the

doors open. She sent as many people flying out of her way as possible. She ran to her car

and drove off with her sister, not caring who or what she hit in the process.

"Save her. Do whatever you can, save my sister!" Prue screamed.

The doctors quickly took Piper's body away on a gourney. Piper's blood got all over

Prue's hands and face but she didn't care. It was all becoming too much. Prue turned

around and saw a SWAT team behind her. They were holding guns and grenades. Prue

knew they must be after her. She ran through the hospital, looking for a place to hide. She

burst into an operating room, which just happened to be Piper's. The doctors weren't

operating.

"What's wrong? Save my sister!" Prue yelled.

"I'm so sorry, she died before we could get started." One of the doctors answered.

Prue screamed and ran over to Piper. She cried into her arms. Suddenly, the SWAT team

entered the room and pointed their guns at Prue. Prue didn't move. Nothing mattered

anymore now that Piper was dead. The SWAT team member fired a gun at her. Prue

expected to feel the bullet but she never did. Everything went black.

Prue and Dr. Griffiths walked into the Manor. Piper looked upset about something.

Phoebe was not there.

"Piper. This is Dr. Griffiths. Leo told me that he needed saving. A demon is

coming after him, I don't know who or what he'll be."

Piper looked at her older sister with concern.

"Okay, don't worry. We found a spell from the book of shadows that can help. It's no

problem." Piper said.

"How would you know? You know what, never mind."

Prue suddenly shivered.

"I feel a chill."

Shax reappeared once again in the manor. Prue ran over to defend the doctor. Piper

screamed for Prue to stay away. Shax sent an energy ball at the doctor but Prue stood in his

way and took the energy ball into her chest. She was blasted through the walls and fell dead

outside. Piper took out the spell and was about ready to read it but Shax quickly noticed Piper

and sent an energy ball at her and knocked her through the walls. She died instantly, right next

to her sister. Having no defense left, the doctor was a goner. Shax left the doctor for dead,

destroyed the windows and doors of the Manor and left in a whirl of wind.

Phoebe and Leo returned to the Manor a few minutes later.

"Leo, I know you want to save Piper first, but save Prue first. Piper will be fine. She's not

destined to die today, Prue is. Do it now!"

Leo understood Phoebe's logic and saved Prue first. The healing was successful and Prue

arose with only a headache. Leo then turned over to Piper and held out his hands over her.

Nothing happened.

"Leo, what's wrong?" Prue asked.

"Leo?" Phoebe asked again.

"Heal her!" Prue said.

Leo kept trying but nothing worked. Phoebe walked away in tears. Prue was screaming

at Leo. Leo was paralyzed in pain. There was no way for any of them to handle what just

happened. None of them could.

Death appeared in the Manor. Phoebe and Prue both stood up and pleaded with him.

"Don't take her. Please don't." Prue said.

"You said it was Prue, you said she would die but she's alive still. You're a liar."

"I said it would be one of you, I never said it would be Prue. Everything constantly

changes. By knowing the future, you changed it. Instead of Prue dying today, it was Piper."

Prue tried using her magic against death but it had no effect.

"First, my mother and now my sister. I don't care what you say, you are evil!" Prue

screamed.

"I am neither good nor evil. You know this. I only do what I do. I assure you that Piper

will be taken to a good place. Her heart is pure."

Prue and Phoebe both wept in agony while Leo remained frozen.

Piper felt her soul float out of her body. She saw her sisters' crying and wept for them.

Patty and Penny both reached out their hands to Piper. Piper began to cry.

"Mom, Grams?" Piper asked.

Both women nodded and hugged her.

"This is going to be painful, but we are going to be with you every step of the way."

Grams said.

"You are not alone, my angel. You are so brave and have done so well." Patty replied.

Piper knew the truth, she knew what happened.

"I'm okay. I know what this is. I just want Prue and Phoebe to be okay." Piper said.

"They will be but they need to grieve. You need time to accept your new place."

"I still want to help them, just like you two did for us."

"Oh, you can." Patty said.

"It's the best part. And one day, you'll be able to see them again. You can see them

and answer their calls. This is not goodbye forever, just for now."

"I'm in shock." Piper said.

"Come with us, Piper. We will help you."

"Let me just say goodbye." Piper said.

Piper knew that neither sister would know, but she gave Prue and Phoebe a kiss. She

then kissed Leo.

"You will all be okay and so will I. Find Paige, keep the power of three alive and know

that I will always be here for you. I love you all for all of eternity." Piper said.

With that, she took her mother and grandmother's hand and allowed the Manor and

her sisters to fade from view.

Leo still wasn't able to move. Prue and Phoebe stopped crying but neither sister could

speak. Finally, Phoebe broke the silence.

"Prue, I was trying to save you. A demon kidnapped me and Leo which is why I couldn't

help you. I don't know anything about him other than his name. His name is Cole. He took us

to Tempus who reversed time to stop us from being exposed. We got back as fast as we could

but we could only save one of you. I made Leo save you because I thought you were going to

die today."

"You were supposed to save Piper. Piper is the one who should be alive, not me. I will

never forgive you for this." Prue said.

"Prue? Please, no. Don't say that. Please!" Phoebe screamed.

Prue stood up.

"I hate you. I don't ever want to see you again." Prue replied.

Phoebe broke down in tears.

"Prue, we have another sister. We have to find her. She's going to be in danger as long

as Shax is still alive."

"You and Piper lied to me all this time. Piper, I can forgive but you, I can't forgive you,

Phoebe. I don't care about this other sister. Save her yourself, but leave me out of this. I'm

done."

Prue ran out of the Manor leaving Phoebe alone. Phoebe cried some more. Leo

finally broke his silence.

"I sense Shax. He's coming for Paige. If Paige dies, the power of three will be broken

forever. You and Prue will be defenseless against upper class demons." Leo said.

"Take me to her. Take me to Paige."

Leo tried to take Phoebe but his powers weren't working. He wasn't able to orb.

"Leo? Leo!" Phoebe yelled.

"I can't, I'm so sorry. I just can't." Leo said.

Leo collapsed onto the ground and cried.

"There is no hope. We're all gonna die." Phoebe said.

Phoebe collapsed and was in tears.

Paige was just about to go to bed when she heard a noise.

"Hello? Who's there? I have pepper spray!" She called out.

"Paige Matthews?"

Paige looked up. It was someone she didn't know or recognize.

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" Paige asked.

"My name is Wanda and I'm your whitelighter. I'm here to protect you and to explain

everything to you."

"I don't understand."

"In the newspaper, you're going to read about a funeral of a woman named Piper

Halliwell. Go to that funeral. Come with me right now for your safety. I'll explain everything."

Paige went with Wanda, as she felt herself trusting her. The two women left just in time.

Readers, please let me know if you'd like for me to continue the story or end it. I had planned for this to be the final chapter but now I've changed my mind. Should the story go on for ten more episodes or end here? You get to decide. I know this is very sad, it was hard for me to write but not all hope is lost.